CHANGE
"Yi'er is it painful to absorb this Blood Essence?" asked Lin Chen, holding the jade bottle.
[Not. But it takes quite a while to absorb it]
"How long?" he asked again.
[For the fastest absorption takes one week and, at the latest, one month]
"One month, huh. Alright, it's okay to take this long for future investments," muttered Lin Chen crossing his arms across his chest.
Lin Chen flew away after picking up the corpse of the Dragon he had just killed. Long enough for Lin Chen to fly looking for a place to absorb blood essence, there was one very suitable place. But he already destroyed it during the fight.
20 minutes later…
At this moment, Lin Chen arrived in front of the mouth of a cave that was quite large, with both sides of it being a sword-shaped statue with quite a strange rune. Lin Chen entered the cave. He felt a very dense Qi flow up to 3 times and kept walking until he saw a bright blue light.
"Is there a treasure?" Lin Chen muttered as he continued walking.
It wasn't long until Lin Chen saw a sizable pond with bright blue water. Around it was overgrown with rare herbs, such as Dew Flower, 100-year-old Ginseng, Steel Grass, etc.
"Woah… Looks like this once was the residence of Immortals. And the most valuable treasure is this pond," said Lin Chen looking at the pond in front of him.
Lin Chen took off all his clothes and bathed, and he felt the pure Qi entering his body coupled with the rise of his Soul. Lin Chen, who was in the bath, opened his inventory and began to absorb the Blood Essence and pure Qi energy from the pool.
***
Snake Forest
After Lin Chen's departure to secretly absorb the Blood Essence came flocks of cultivators in quite luxurious clothes who were curious about the sound of the previous explosion that had disappeared.
"This…" said one cultivator with a horrified expression.
"Grandpa. Do you know what happened?" asked a small woman about 8 years old with pink hair in a twin tail.
"It seems that there has been a battle," replied the middle-aged man who was called grandfather.
"What kind of battle destroys 2 great mountains?" asked a young man.
"Looks like a battle between 2 Peak Heavenly Emperor level people," he replied.
"Stronger than Uncle Song?" he asked again.
The man called Grandpa or Uncle Song only nodded slightly while looking around badly enough.
The guards who had heard the conversation were shocked at what they had just heard. But after seeing the scene that was quite severe, they couldn't help but believe what they had just heard.
…
***
One week later…
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
4 explosions could be heard within Lin Chen's dantian, and his Star Sucking Technique caused even the pure Qi from the pool to be absorbed by him.
Lin Chen slowly opened his eyes, his aura rose significantly, and he had already absorbed the Blood Essence. Lin Chen slowly came out of the pool. Subconsciously he looked up at the ceiling and then frowned.
"Yi'er, why do I feel like something is outside?" asked Lin Chen, who was still looking at the cave ceiling.
[That's because the master will receive tribulation lightning]
Hearing the answer from his system made Lin Chen remember the time he was utterly snatched away in the depths of the Dark Abyss. Lin Chen looked around and found a lot of Steel Grass. Without thinking, he swallowed as much as he could.
Steel Grass, when swallowed, can increase physical strength. If first processed into Pills, the effect will increase by 20%.
20… 40… 75… 100…
"Ugh. Bitter," said Lin Chen running out of the cave with his mouth full of grass.
As he came out from the cave's depths, Lin Chen could see a huge black cloud almost covered the entire Snake Forest with intense pressure. The various beasts around the Forest began to drift away, and the snakes hid quickly in the pit's depths. This time, the pressure generated was more significant than the Golden Blood Snake's rise as it evolved.
Zzett…
Zzetttt…
Red flashes began to appear under the black clouds starting to form a human silhouette with 8 hands staring intently at Lin Chen.
"Ashura Lightning," said Lin Chen quietly.
The silhouette of a human began to wave his hand slowly.
DUARR…
The red lightning struck Lin Chen, who was flying violently, burning his clothes, but instead of Lin Chen's body being crushed, the red lightning began to be absorbed into the pores of his skin.
DUARR…
The second strike hit hard, just like the previous one. Lin Chen again absorbed the lightning.
DUARR…
DUARR…
After 6 strikes, the lightning no longer struck Lin Chen. However, the black clouds did not disappear, but the aura emitted was greater than before. Red flashes began to merge with the human silhouette making the silhouette grow 3 times larger.
Swoosh…
Suddenly a silhouette was right in front of Lin Chen and struck him with a terrifying force.
BOOM…
Lin Chen hit the ground hard, making a sizable hole or crater with flames blazing from the previous strike that didn't completely absorb.
"Cough," Lin Chen got up slowly by spitting out fresh blood.
"Damn it. Even though my body was forged with lightning, it couldn't withstand the blows," said Lin Chen, swallowing the Recovery Pill.
Lin Chen flew back to the human silhouette and tried to hit it with full strength.
BOOM…
The impact was quite large as the two of them clashed blows. The 8-armed silhouette only took a few steps back while Lin Chen retreated a few meters back.
"Is his physical strength stronger than mine? I'll try with my strongest attack," muttered Lin Chen.
"Destroyer Sword Technique, Seventh Move. Sword of Judgment"
Swoosh…
A greatsword 100 meters high and 20 meters wide approached the 8-armed silhouette swiftly.
The eight-armed silhouette dodged quickly as if it had a mind of its own. But he was unfortunately lost quickly to Lin Chen's sword speed.
Slashes…
Two hands were cut and shattered into pieces turning into several energies flying rapidly towards Lin Chen.
The shocked Lin Chen tried to restrain it with both hands, but strangely the energy penetrated Lin Chen's hands and started to head towards his dantian.
"This. Quite a large Qi," said Lin Chen looking at the energy covering his body.
"Hehehe," muttered Lin Chen, stroking the back of his hand.
"Destroyer Sword Technique, Seventh Move. Sword of Judgment"
"Destroyer Sword Technique, Fifth Movement. Sword Rain"
"Thunder Control Technique, Second Move. Thunder Thread"
"Destroyer Sword Technique, Sixth Move. Locking Sword"
The various powerful techniques that Lin Chen cast created a terrifying phenomenon with hundreds of thousands of swords flying in the sky, thousands of swords were locking around a hand-held silhouette that had been tied with hundreds of threads of lightning, and, of course, with a huge sword ready to destroy the land.
Lin Chen swung his arms slowly, and each of Lin Chen's attacks struck simultaneously.
Jleb…
Jleb…
Jleb…
Duarr…
BOOM…
The huge sword shattered the 8-armed silhouette turning into Qi energy towards Lin Chen. The sword that attacked the 8-armed silhouette continued to rush toward the ground violently, causing a huge tremor.
Instead of disappearing, the black cloud re-emitted its thunder but was now golden in the shape of a dragon.
DUARR…
Lin Chen was struck back by lightning, but now he didn't feel anything, except for his clothes torn from the strike. The black clouds began to shrink slowly and disappear, revealing a bright blue sky, and beasts emerged from hiding.
Now in the sky, all that was left was Lin Chen with a different appearance: golden hair that matched his eyes and a golden mark shaped like a Sword wrapped around his forehead by a Dragon.
BANG!
Heavenly Emperor *2
BANG!
Heavenly Emperor *3
Heavenly Emperor *4
…
Heavenly Emperor *9
[Ding~ The Dragon God Seal opened 15 seals. 78 more seals left for Evolution to stage 2]
The explosions stopped when Lin Chen was at the *9 Heavenly Emperor level. He opened his eyes slowly, revealing his beautiful golden eyes but sharp as if he could kill his enemy with just his gaze.
"Hah. Heavenly Emperor *9 and I are getting more handsome," he said, stroking his cheeks gently.
"Yi'er can you change my appearance to the way it was?" Lin Chen asked.
[Can. Requires 500 Points for one day, 3000 Points for one week, 11,500 for one month, and 125,000 for one year]
"The longer the time, the cheaper it is. Alright, 1 year," said Lin Chen stroking his chin slowly.
[Ding~ Disguised for 1 year. Cut 125,000 Point System, remaining 1,957,100 Point System]
Slowly Lin Chen's appearance changed to its original state, with his aura dropping to that of a *5 Heavenly Emperor.
"Yi'er, why is my aura dropping?" asked Lin Chen.
[Heavenly Emperor level *9 only when master transforms back to his previous form]
Hearing the system's answer, Lin Chen nodded slowly and quickly continued his journey towards Heise City. Surely Lin Chen had bought new clothes.